Radeon 740M vs FirePro W4100

Place in performance ranking	656	447
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.17	no data
Architecture	GCN (2011−2017)	RDNA 3
GPU code name	Cape Verde	Phoenix
Market segment	Workstation	Laptop
Release date	2 October 2015 (8 years ago)	23 May 2023 (less than a year ago)
Current price	$916	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	512	256
Core clock speed	630 MHz	1500 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2500 MHz
Number of transistors	1,500 million	25,390 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	30 Watt (30 - 15 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate	20.16	40.00
Floating-point performance	645.1 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on FirePro W4100 and Radeon 740M compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x8
Length	171 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	no data
Form factor	low profile / half length	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	None

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	System Shared
Memory bus width	128 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	72 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	+

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	4x mini-DisplayPort	Portable Device Dependent
Dual-link DVI support	1	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

AppAcceleration

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API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (11_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.7
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.1
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.3

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

FirePro W4100 3.96

Radeon 740M 9.03
+128%

Radeon 740M outperforms FirePro W4100 by 128% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

FirePro W4100 1531

Radeon 740M 3496
+128%

Radeon 740M outperforms FirePro W4100 by 128% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	16 −119%	35−40 +119%
4K	3 −100%	6−7 +100%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

7−8

−100%

14−16
+100%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 −171%	18−20 +171%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 −550%	12−14 +550%
Battlefield 5	10−12 −173%	30−33 +173%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 −71.4%	24−27 +71.4%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −100%	14−16 +100%
Far Cry 5	7−8 −214%	21−24 +214%
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9 −200%	24−27 +200%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 −167%	30−35 +167%
Hitman 3	8−9 −188%	21−24 +188%
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8 −157%	18−20 +157%
Red Dead Redemption 2	8−9 −100%	16−18 +100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−12 −72.7%	18−20 +72.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion	4−5 −275%	14−16 +275%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 −171%	18−20 +171%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 −550%	12−14 +550%
Battlefield 5	10−12 −173%	30−33 +173%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 −71.4%	24−27 +71.4%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −100%	14−16 +100%
Far Cry 5	7−8 −214%	21−24 +214%
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9 −200%	24−27 +200%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 −167%	30−35 +167%
Hitman 3	8−9 −188%	21−24 +188%
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8 −157%	18−20 +157%
Metro Exodus	6−7 −117%	12−14 +117%
Red Dead Redemption 2	8−9 −100%	16−18 +100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−12 −72.7%	18−20 +72.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	7 −157%	18−20 +157%
Watch Dogs: Legion	4−5 −275%	14−16 +275%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 −171%	18−20 +171%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 −550%	12−14 +550%
Battlefield 5	10−12 −173%	30−33 +173%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −100%	14−16 +100%
Far Cry 5	7−8 −214%	21−24 +214%
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9 −200%	24−27 +200%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 −167%	30−35 +167%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −100%	18−20 +100%
Watch Dogs: Legion	4−5 −275%	14−16 +275%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7 −117%	12−14 +117%
Hitman 3	7−8 −100%	14−16 +100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−11 −50%	14−16 +50%
Metro Exodus	2−3 −250%	7−8 +250%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −200%	6−7 +200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −71.4%	12−14 +71.4%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −300%	8−9 +300%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −100%	4−5 +100%
Far Cry 5	6−7 −133%	14−16 +133%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −600%	14−16 +600%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 −300%	16−18 +300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 −100%	8−9 +100%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −100%	6−7 +100%
Hitman 3	4−5 −100%	8−9 +100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8 −14.3%	8−9 +14.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −150%	5−6 +150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	1−2 −300%	4−5 +300%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −150%	5−6 +150%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −300%	4−5 +300%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	1−2
Far Cry 5	4−5 −75%	7−8 +75%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 −42.9%	10−11 +42.9%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2 −1000%	10−12 +1000%

This is how FirePro W4100 and Radeon 740M compete in popular games:

Radeon 740M is 119% faster in 1080p
Radeon 740M is 100% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Forza Horizon 4, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Radeon 740M is 1000% faster than the FirePro W4100.

All in all, in popular games:

Without exception, Radeon 740M surpassed FirePro W4100 in all 60 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	3.96	9.03
Recency	2 October 2015	23 May 2023
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	System Shared
Chip lithography	28 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	30 Watt